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the necktie's flamboyant ancestor, knotted by Croatian mercenaries before fashion ever forgave them
name originFrom Croat, after 17th-century Croatian soldiers in France
royal habitLouis XIV employed a dedicated cravat-tier
deadly fashionSome styles were stiff enough to restrict head movement
tie ancestorDirectly evolved into the modern necktie
steinkirk styleLoosely twisted version named after a 1692 battle